Is Any Part Of Your Chronic Pain Hypochondria?

Because every chronic pain patient is told, at one time or another, “It’s all in your head,” I almost never bring up the subject of hypochondria. For most pain patients, the suggestion that any part of their pain isn’t real is just too…well, painful.
 
The first doctor to treat me after I was injured in an [...]

Adequate Health Care Is A MUST For All People Struggling With Chronic Pain And Disability!

If you're reading this chronic pain blog, it's likely chronic pain is a part of your life. You or your spouse or your child or your sibling struggle with it, and you're looking for help.
You're not alone. Millions of people need help. And millions are being denied help because they have the misfortune to [...]

Professor/Dr. Rothbart Promises You Can Be “Forever Free From Chronic Pain”!

A new book by Professor/Dr. Rothbart says that a recently discovered foot structure which can be effectively treated without drugs or surgery has been proven to be the source of a great deal of chronic muscle and joint pain.

On first reading the book, “Forever Free From Chronic Pain: the pain sufferers guide to getting [...]

Phony Chronic Pain Advice–The Reason You Should Research Everything You Read Before You Act On It

My pharmacy has a wire rack near the front door that's always stocked with free local magazines. Many of them relate to health and wellness. I recently picked up a new one that announced, in it's premier issue, it's goal of being "your most trusted resource for information on living a healthy life."
Inside, I [...]

“Allowing“ Can Be The Key To Releasing Chronic Pain

My adventures with chronic pain began when I was injured in an auto accident. As time passed, my treatment from the traditional medical community settled into one dull, grinding message: learn to live with it.

That was a message I simple could not accept.

I believed then, as I believe now, that life is infinitely flexible and [...]

Finding Affordable Chronic Pain Relief On Ebay Is Easy!

In all the books I've read on chronic pain, there's one subject that is never mention–the expense of it!
I believe if I gathered up all the money I've spent on books, on heat wraps, on massage therapy, on over-the-counter remedies, on infra red light wands and what-not, I could pay cash for a Rolls Royce. [...]

Mad Scientist…or BAD Scientist? Pain Drug Researcher Accused Of Fabricating Favorable Research

The next time a much-touted drug doesn't work for you, you may want to stop blaming yourself and think about the following.
In March of 2009, Doctor Scott S. Reuben, a prominent anesthesiologist and former chief of acute pain at Baystate Medical Center in Massachusetts, was accused of faking studies that were published in several [...]

Healing The Emotional Component Of Chronic Pain

In 1989, an auto accident left me crippled with chronic pain. During the years it took me to recover, I learned that chronic pain always has an emotional component. For full recovery, both the physical and emotional aspects must be healed.
This concept isn't always so easy for Westerners to accept. When I was first [...]

When People In Pain Care And Share, They Help And Heal

Recently, I wrote about my purchase of some Vitamin B12  patches. It seems my internal  "B12 receptors" have gone on strike, leaving me critically short of that important vitamin.
My doctor recommended weekly injections. I stalled him by trying an 8-week course of a brand new product, transdermal B12 patches. I thought using them would [...]

Pain Health News Joins The Pain Carnival

What? You didn't know there was a carnival just for pain patients? Sure! The clowns all run around throwing Codeine cream pies at each other and the cotton candy is sprinkled with Motrin.
All right, I admit I made most of that up, but the title is true. Pain Health News really is  included in the [...]

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